[iTunes] Deauthorizing a computer

[Yvonne Evans]

If you switch computers yes the first one does count as an authorized 
computer. I bought a new computer last fall. And first thing I did was 
set up my itunes. Mistake on my part because right after that my 
computer died. Turned out I had to get a new motherboard. What I did 
was I sent an email to itunes support and told them my story. They 
reset all my computers and I was set. They tell ya that we really cant 
do this but this once we can do it. Good luck.

Yvonne

On Feb 11, 2004, at 10:55 PM, Brian Thorpe wrote:

> If you clone a drive for backup purposes and you have to switch to the 
> backup drive for all your needs, but you didn't deauthorize the "now 
> unused" hard drive, the unused hard drive still counts as on 
> authorized computer, right?
>
> I also take it that there is absolutely no way to deauthorize a 
> computer without actually connecting that computer to the internet and 
> issuing the command.
>
> I had planned to erase and re-format the unused drive. It has a volume 
> for OS and apps, and a volume for data storage. The OS partition must 
> be cloned from the currently used drive, then I must boot up from the 
> old one and upon starting iTune, I must de-authorize it and then 
> proceed with my plans to erase it.  Otherwise it will always be listed 
> on Apple's server as an authorized unit.
>
> That's a real pain in the butt. I'd think that a better solution might 
> be to have a command that allowed you to de-authorize all currently 
> authorized computers for a specific account. That would require all 
> computers using iTunes to check with the iTunes Music Store whenever 
> they are connect to the internet.
>
> This situation kind of pushes me in the direction of burning audio CDs 
> of all my purchased music and then ripping it back to AAC unprotected 
> or MP3 format.
>
> Thanks for any advise you can offer.
>
> brian
>
>
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